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Hey all, first year dental student here. Need advice on ASANB
We are learning anesthesia injection techniques right now, really cool stuff. One injection, the anterior superior alveolar nerve block (infraorbital) has me a bit worried! I've seen extractions done on 6-11 on one patient in a single visit, so I think bilateral ASA would be a viable injection for that procedure.
In our notes, it says to use a long needle, parallel to the maxilary bone, and proceed up to the infraorbital foramen until you contact the bone on the roof of the infraorbital foramen!!! Last semester we had gross anatomy, and lemme tell ya, finding that foramen without destroying overlying structures was a PAIN. I think it will be even harder with a syringe. The needle we use is a long needle about 32mm and we go in from the height of mucobuccal fold above Mx1P.. We only go in about 16mm. I'm worried about possibly damaging the eye if the patient freaks out, and not being able to find the foramen with the needle.
Any advice?
We are learning anesthesia injection techniques right now, really cool stuff. One injection, the anterior superior alveolar nerve block (infraorbital) has me a bit worried! I've seen extractions done on 6-11 on one patient in a single visit, so I think bilateral ASA would be a viable injection for that procedure.
In our notes, it says to use a long needle, parallel to the maxilary bone, and proceed up to the infraorbital foramen until you contact the bone on the roof of the infraorbital foramen!!! Last semester we had gross anatomy, and lemme tell ya, finding that foramen without destroying overlying structures was a PAIN. I think it will be even harder with a syringe. The needle we use is a long needle about 32mm and we go in from the height of mucobuccal fold above Mx1P.. We only go in about 16mm. I'm worried about possibly damaging the eye if the patient freaks out, and not being able to find the foramen with the needle.
Any advice?
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